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Panaji, 13th November, 2014 (Kartika 22, 1936) SERIES I No. 33

Reg. No. G-2/RNP/GOA/32/2011-12 RNI No. GOAENG/2002/6410

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

GOVERNMENT OF GOADepartment of Agriculture

Directorate of Agriculture___

Notification

3/5/EXT/31-B-SAA/2014-15/D.Agri/400

“Special Agriculture Awards”Introduction:— Government of Goa has

introduced a Special Agriculture Award (SAA)for outstanding agriculturist of the State fromyear 2014 onward. The scheme is thereforenotified for information of the general public.

Suggestions are welcome on e-mail: dir–[email protected]

1. Short title and commencement.— (i) Thescheme shall be called “Special AgricultureAwards”.

(ii) The scheme shall come into force withimmediate effect and shall remain in force tillit is withdrawn.

(iii) The scheme shall cover all talukas ofthe State of Goa.

2. Objectives.— (1) To recognize efforts putin by the self cultivating farmers in particularfield.

(2) To recognise the outstandingperformance of farmers who use innovative

INDEX

Department Notification/Order/Press Commu. Subject Pages

1. Agriculture Not.- 3/5/EXT/31-B-SAA/ Scheme — Special Agriculture Awards. 1171Dir. & ex officio Jt. Secy. /2014-15/D.Agri/400

2. Civil Supplies & Consumer Not.- DCS/S/KER/PF/ Revised wholesale & retail price for domestic 1177Affairs /2014-15/762 purpose of Kerosene superior.Dir. & ex officio Jt. Secy.

3. Education, Art & Culture Not.- 10/91/2013-DHE Scheme for promotion of Cultural, Sports and 1178Under Secretary Co-Curricular Activities in the Goa University

and Colleges Affiliated to Goa University.

4. Elections Ord.- 5-64-2004/ELEC/4575 General Elections/Bye-Election to the House of the 1182Actg. Chief Electoral Officer People and Legislative Assemblies – Payment of an

ex-gratia lump-sum compensation to the familiesof polling personnel who die or sustain injuriesduring the course of discharge of election duty.

5. Finance P.C.- 1-45-96/Fin(DMU) Goa State Development Loan, 2014. 1184Secretary P.F-I

6. Law & Judiciary Not.- 10/3/2014-LA/167 The Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and 1185Under Secretary Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014.

NOTE

There is one Extraordinary issue to the Official Gazette, Series I No. 32 dated 6-11-2014, namely, Extraordinarydated 6-11-2014 from pages 1169 to 1170 regarding the Election Symbols (Reservation & Allotment) (Amendment)Order, 2014— Not. No. 3-1-87/ELEC/4582 from Department of Elections (Office of the Chief Electoral Officer).

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and best practices in particular field and cropsof State.

(3) To boost the morale of farmers inimprovement of productivity.

3. Eligibility.— (1) The applicant should bea full-time resident of Goa and full-time farmer.

(2) Applicant should be totally dependenton agriculture as his main source of income.

(3) Applicant should integrate variousagriculture activities to generate maximumincome from his available land.

(4) Applicant should exhibit originality inhis agricultural venture.

(5) Applicant should have a minimum of1 ha area of his own or inherited or on longlease.

(6) Applicant should not be a recipient ofState Krishi Award/State Level Award inAgriculture in the past.

(7) Companies, institutions or anyorganization will not be eligible for theawards.

4. Pattern of Assistance for SpecialAgriculture Award.— The “Special AgricultureAward” shall be considered as the lifetimeachievement award and awarded to the BestFarmer in a particular field, crop of the State.

The awards shall be presented to theoutstanding farmer of Goa which wouldinclude Cash Award and Citation as below:—

1. Fr. Inacio Almeida Annual Award.— Inmemory of Fr. Inacio Almeida Award shallbe presented to best farmer of State whoinnovatively practices organic farming &traditional Medicinal Plant crop cultivation(innovative methods adopted by farmerwhich could be replicated by other farmers.)— Rs. 0.50 lakhs.

Honorarium shall be paid to the JudgingCommittee as detailed below:—

1. Official member of the Judging Committeeshall not be paid any allowance.

2. Non Official members shall be paid alumpsum of Rs. 5,000/- as honorarium for theentire selection process.

The outstation judges shall be providedfree accommodation and boarding by theGovernment or reimbursed at the rate ofRs. 3,000/- for lodging and Rs. 500/- forboarding per day. Travel cost shall be providedby the Department of Agriculture foroutstation judges as per actual for AC II tieror @ Rs. 15/- per km towards hired taxicharges whichever is adopted.

The miscellaneous expenditure towardsaward ceremony, presentation of citation,certificate, bouquets, travel cost of recipientetc., shall be borne by the Government.

Selection:— The criteria for selection foraward shall be based on the followingparameters.

(1) Innovative practice in Agriculture,traditional, medicine and organic farming.

(2) Integration of various activities inagriculture and allied Sector to tap maximumoutput from available sources on farm.

(3) Potential for influencing other farmersfor obtaining higher yield and productivity.

(4) Originality in venture undertaken.

(5) Record of farm accounts, yield &expenditure.

(6) Exploration of new method formarketing and value addition of agricultureproduce, etc.

(7) Demonstration on Agriculture/Horticul-ture ventures as economically viable activity.

Judging Committee:— The nominees for“Special Agriculture Award” and “State

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Agriculture Award” shall be judged by thecommittee duly approved and constituted bythe Government. To bring in transparencyand better selection process for theprestigious Special Agriculture awards, theselection process will consist of judges fromoutside State Government with Departmentof Agriculture as Nodal Department and thecommittee shall consist of the following:—

1. Scientist nominated by – ChairmanDr. Balasaheb Konkan KrishiVidhypeeth Dapoli

2. Associate Director of Rese- – Memberarch, Regional Fruit ResearchStation, KKV-Vengurla, Mahara-shtra or his Representative

3. Director ICAR, Complex for – MemberEla Old Goa or his representative

4. Director of Agriculture – Member Secretary.

The recommendation of the committeeshall be considered by the Government forfinal approval.

Application form:— The form for applicationof the award is annexed.

The prescribed forms will be madeavailable with the concerned Zonal Agricul-tural Officers, to desiring farmers.

Relaxation:— The Government shall beempowered to relax any or all clausesor conditions of the scheme in genuinecases.

However for release of financial assistancein such case will be considered onlywith the approval of Finance (Exp.)Department.

Interpretation:— If any question arisesregarding interpretation of any clause, word,expression of the scheme, the decision shalllie with the Government, which shall be finaland binding on all concerned.

Redressal of grievances and disputes:—Grievances if any, arising out of theimplementation of this scheme, shall be heardand decided by the Minister for Agricultureand the decision of the Minister forAgriculture in this regard shall be final andbinding on all concerned. This issues withthe concurrence of Finance (ExpenditureDepartment) under U. O. No. 4202/F, Fin(Exp.) dated 13-10-2014.

By order and in the name of theGovernor of Goa.

Orlando Rodrigues, Director & ex officioJoint Secretary (Agriculture).

Tonca, Caranzalem, 27th October, 2014.________

GOVERNMENT OF GOA

Directorate of Agriculture

Tonca Caranzalem-Goa

Application for nomination for Fr. Inacio Almeida Annual Award

(The last date for submission of the proforma is 5th November, 20...........)

1. Farmer’s Name and Address:Shri/Smt. ............................................................................................................................................................................Mailing Address: .............................................................................................................................................................Adhar Card No.: ...............................................................................................................................................................Krishi Card No.: ................................................................................................................................................................Date of Birth: .....................................................................................................................................................................Educational Qualification: ...........................................................................................................................................


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Tel. No.: ........................................................................... Mobile No.: ............................................................................E-mail: ..................................................................................(If you do not have telephone, please give contact number on which you are accessible).

2. Details of land under cultivation/production (attach copies of land index):—(i) Land:

(a) Owned by the farmer ......................................................... ha.(b) In the name of the other family members .................................................................................................(c) Taken on rent/lease by the farmer .................................................................................................................(d) Survey No. ..................................................................................(e) Village/Location .......................................................................(f) Taluka .......................................................................................... Photograph of Farmer

(ii) Crop: Details of the crops grown Organic & Medicinal crops grown ....................................................................................................................(iii) Other crops grown:

(a) Agronomic crops:(a) Paddy ................................................................ ha.(b) Sugarcane ....................................................... ha.(c) Vegetable ........................................................ ha.(d) Other crops .................................................... ha.

(b) Horticulture Crops:

(e) Coconut ........................................................... ha.(f) Mango .............................................................. ha.(g) Arecanut ......................................................... ha.(h) Banana ............................................................. ha.(i) Cashew ........................................................... ha.(j) Other crops (specify) .................................. ha.

(iii) Produce:(A) Agronomic crops:

(a) Paddy ............................ kg. from the area of .................................... ha.(b) Sugarcane ................... kg. from the area of .....................................ha.(c) Vegetable .................... kg. from the area of .....................................ha.(d) Other crops ................ kg. from the area of .....................................ha. (specify)

(B) Horticulture:(e) Coconut ........................................ nuts harvested from ..................................... ha.(f) Mango ........................................... Nos. harvested from .................................... ha.(g) Arecanut ...................................... kg. from the area of ...................................... ha.(h) Banana ......................................... kg. from the area of ...................................... ha.(i) Cashew ........................................ kg. from the area of ...................................... ha.(j) Other (specify) ........................... kg. from the area of ...................................... ha.

(iv) Documentary evidence if any, to support quantity of produce grown or sold by farmer (Attachcopy).

3. Financial turnover over a period of five years.

(a)

Year Labour expenditure including own wages (Rs.) Material expenditure (Rs.) Total (Rs.)

2008-09 — 1st year Rs.2009-10 — 2nd year Rs.2010-11 — 3rd year Rs.2011-12 — 4th year Rs.2012-13 — 5th year Rs.



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(b)

No. of mandays spent in farming on a monthly basis

April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. March2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2013 2013 2013

a) Self daysb) Family members daysc) Hired labourer days

(c) Income generated on Farm for last years from the cultivated area.

Year Gross income generated (Rs.) Net income (Rs.)

2008-092009-102010-112011-122012-13

4. (a) Irrigation infrastructure available on the Farm

Infrastructure Details

(a) Well Number(b) Water pump Make & Capacity(c) Pipeline Size & Length(d) Sprinkler/Drip Hectare

(b) Machinery: Type

(c) Details of implement, if any(viz. Bullock/power drawn implements, plant protection appliances, others Bullock cart, Farm shed,

two/four wheeler, bio-gas plant etc).

(d) Others

Implement Number

5. Details of Dairy, if any:

(a) No. of Cows: ................................................

(b) Breed: ...........................................................

(c) Milking Cow: ................................................

(d) Milk produced per day: ..............................

(e) Green Fodder cultivated: ...........................


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(i) Type: .................................................................. (ii) Area: ..................................................................(iii) Quantity produced per month: .................

(f) Farm Yard Manure produced per month: ..................................................(i) Income from farm yard: .................................................................................(g) Total income from dairy activity Rs. per month: ..................................

6. Details of Poultry, if any:(a) No. of birds: ..................................................................................................(b) Total broilers sold per month: .................................................................(c) Total eggs sold per month: ......................................................................(d) Total gross income generated per month: ..........................................

7. Vermi-compost unit, if any:(a) Total capacity of the unit: .........................................................................(b) Total quantity produced per month: ......................................................(c) Value of the produced: ................................................................................(d) Net income received from sale of compost: ........................................

8. Primary processing facilities at farm, if any (specify) (i) Quantity produced: ....................................................... (ii) Value of produce sold: .................................................

(iii) Net income from produce: ........................................

9. Soil & Water Conservation methods adopted (details to be attached in 100 words).

10. I have promoted the following concept which could be adopted by other farmers.

Concept Note: Topic (attach note separately).

11. Prizes/awards and recognition received till now:

Sr. No. Name of Prizes/Awards Details of Award/Prize

1.2.

3.

12. Please justify why you should be considered eligible for this Award. (100 words)

(Strike whatever is not applicable in the proforma and if yes, explain in brief)

DECLARATION

I hereby declare and affirm that the property being cultivated by me as above is in my exclusivepossession by virture of inheritance/lease/ownership/power of attorney, tenancy/co-owner and I amrightfully authorized for its cultivation.

I have obtained all the approvals/NOCs required for the activities taken up by me from theCompetent Authorities.

I hereby admit that the award, if awarded, will be based on my own submissions and that in caseof any dispute on the activities take up by me or on ownership of land, the award availed will not beconstrued or used as legal evidence or proof for establishing my right to the said property.



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I hereby indemnify the Department of Agriculture from any legal or financial damages caused, if any,due to conferring of the above award upto me. I also declare, that I have not received any such awardin the past.

I authorise officials of the Department of Agriculture to visit my farm as and when required forverification or for demonstration of the strategies adopted by me.

.....................................................Signature of the farmer

Name: ...................................................................................

Krishi Card No.: .................................................................

Aadhar Card No.: ..............................................................

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Department of Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs___

Notification

DCS/S/KER/PF/2014-15/762

In pursuance of clause 3 read with sub-clause (d)(i) of clause 2 of Kerosene (Fixation ofCeiling Price Order (1993), the Government of Goa hereby directs that maximum wholesale& retail price for domestic purpose of Kerosene superior shall be as under with effect from1-11-2014. This Notification supersedes earlier Notification No. DCS/S/KER/PF/2014-15/716dated 28-10-2014.

Sr. No. Taluka Wholesale Price Wholesale Price Retail Price Retail Priceper kilo litre per kilo litre per litre per litre

including VAT including VAT including VAT including VAT& Green Cess & Green Cess & Green Cess & Green Cess

Existing Revised Existing Revised

1. Tiswadi Rs. 15500.86 Rs. 15603.60 Rs. 16.15 Rs. 16.26Chorao Rs. 15532.36 Rs. 15635.10 Rs. 16.18 Rs. 16.29Diwar Rs. 15532.36 Rs. 15635.10 Rs. 16.18 Rs. 16.29

2. Salcete Rs. 15008.49 Rs. 15111.23 Rs. 15.64 Rs. 15.753. Bardez Rs. 15656.34 Rs. 15759.08 Rs. 16.31 Rs. 16.42

Corjuvem Rs. 15656.34 Rs. 15759.08 Rs. 16.31 Rs. 16.424. Mormugao Rs. 14820.61 Rs. 14923.36 Rs. 15.44 Rs. 15.555. Ponda Rs. 15112.15 Rs. 15214.89 Rs. 15.75 Rs. 15.856. Quepem Rs. 15261.15 Rs. 15363.89 Rs. 15.90 Rs. 16.017. Bicholim Rs. 15669.30 Rs. 15772.04 Rs. 16.33 Rs. 16.438. Pernem Rs. 15960.83 Rs. 16063.57 Rs. 16.63 Rs. 16.749. Canacona Rs. 15559.16 Rs. 15661.91 Rs. 16.21 Rs. 16.32

10. Sanguem Rs. 15403.68 Rs. 15506.42 Rs. 16.05 Rs. 16.16 11. Sattari Rs. 15559.16 Rs. 15661.91 Rs. 16.21 Rs. 16.32 12. Dharbandora Rs. 15403.68 Rs. 15506.42 Rs. 16.05 Rs. 16.16

By order and in the name of the Governor of Goa.

Deepali D. Naik, Director & ex officio Joint Secretary (Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs).

Panaji, 7th November, 2014.


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Department of Education, Art & Culture

Directorate of Higher Education___

Notification

10/91/2013-DHE

The “Scheme for Promotion of Cultural,Sports and Co-Curricular Activities in theGoa University and Colleges Afiliated to GoaUniversity” has been approved by theGovernment of Goa and made applicablefrom the academic year 2014-15, is herebypublished for the general information of thepublic.

Vinayak R. Kurtikar, Under Secretary(Higher Education).

Porvorim, 27th October, 2014._________

Scheme for promotion of Cultural, Sportsand Co-Curricular Activities in the Goa

University and Colleges Affiliated toGoa University

1. Objectives of the Scheme.— There is lot

of inborn talent in the younger population of

Goa. The students of Goa are largely talented

in the areas of music, dramatics, debating,

sports etc. However this inborn talent unless

given an opportunity shall continue to remain

latent. In order to promote these activities

the colleges and Goa University require

funds. At present these activities are

managed through “Other Fees” paid by the

students at the time of admissions to

educational institutions. The funds raised

thus are meager. The State Government

therefore desires to introduce the SCHEME

FOR PROMOTION OF CULTURAL, SPORTS

AND CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES con-

ducted by the student community of Colleges

that as also students of Goa University are

affiliated to the Goa University. The Students

Council of Goa University and the Students

Council of Colleges affiliated to the

University shall utilize the grants provided

by the Government for planning and

execution of various Sports/Cultural and

similarly related activities.

2. Short title and commencement.— (a) The

scheme shall be called “SHRUJAN i.e.

creativity. The scheme for promotion of

Cultural, Sports and Co-Curricular Activities

in the Goa University and Colleges Affiliated

to Goa University”.

(b) This scheme shall come into force from

academic year 2014-15. The Directorate of

Higher Education shall be the Nodal

Department for release of grants to all

institutions. Directorate of Technical

Education shall process the applications of

institutions under their control and forward

the eligible ones to the Directorate of Higher

Education for release of grants.

3. The following shall be the conditions

governing the grant-in-aid to the colleges.

(a) Each College/University Students

Council shall be paid grant-in-aid as per

Annexure-I. For the purpose of receipt of

grant-in-aid, the College/University shall

open a joint account to be operated by

Chairman/Treasurer of Students Council

alongwith faculty appointed as Dean or

Professor In-charge of students affairs.

(b) Fixed amount of grants shall be

released every year as per availability of

provisions made in budget. The unspent

balance amount of previous year shall be

deposited in Government Treasury before

an application for fresh grants is made.

(Format for application is provided at

Annexure-II).

(c) The Students Councils shall be

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contains a list of items that are specificallybanned. Any expenditure not banned byAnnexure-IV but not listed in Annexure-IIIcan be incurred with permission of Dean//Professor In-charge of students activitiesin advance. Such records will have to beattached to final Statement of Accounts tobe submitted to the Directorate of HigherEducation.

(d) No single expenditure on an event

except the pandal shall exceed 25% of the

total GIA and top three items of

expenditure taken together shall not

exceed 80% of total grant-in-aid. However

pandal expenditure can singularly be upto

50% of total GIA. In case the total

expenditure on various events exceeds the

limit set up as above, the institutions

concerned shall be at liberty to raise

additional resources through corporate

sponsorships/private advertisements

etc.

(e) The institutions shall not take any

advertisement from Government/Semi-

-Government/Autonomous bodies as well

as local Self Government bodies like Zilla

Parishads/Village Panchayats etc. for the

purpose of programs that are covered

under the scheme. An undertaking to that

effect is required to be signed by the

Chairman/Treasurer and Dean/In-charge of

students affairs.

(f) The scheme does not ban private and

corporate advertisements or sponsorships

in cash or in kind.

(g) The Grantee Institution shall furnish

utilization certificate in form GFR-19(A)

(placed at Annexure-V) within a period

of six months from the date of utilization

or close of financial year whichever is

earlier.

(h) Non-submission of utilization

certificate or audited statement within

stipulated period or violation of terms and

conditions stipulated herein would act as

disqualification for getting subsequent

grant from Government.

(i) The grant is recurring in nature and

will be utilized for the purposes for which

it has been sanctioned.

(j) The Accounts of Grantee Institution

shall be subject to audit by Comptroller

and Auditor General. The internal audit

shall be done by the Directorate of Higher

Education, Government of Goa.

(k) The Grantee Institution must

exercise reasonable economy and observe

all financial propriety as issued by

Government from time to time while

incurring expenditure. The Grantee

Institution shall conduct its business in

conformity with rules applicable to

Government of Goa.

(l) The Grantee Institution shall present

to the Directorate of Higher Education,

Government of Goa an annual Achieve-

ment-cum-Performance Report alongwith

audited Statement of Accounts within a

period of six months from the close of

financial year.

(m) The Grantee Institution and its

records shall be open to inspection by

Directorate of Higher Education or its

nominee at any point of time.

(n) In case of misutilization of grants, the

release of further grants shall be stopped

forthwith and the Grantee Institute will be

banned from the benefit of the scheme

during the period of its validity.

(o) The scheme shall be valid for a period

of five years from the date of its notification

in the Official Gazette of Government of

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ANNEXURE-I

Quantum of Grant-in-Aid to Institutions

(a) Institutions whose strength is below 100 — 1.00 lakh per annum(b) Institutions whose strength is 101 to 500 — 1.5 lakh per annum(c) Institutions whose strength is 501 to 1000 — 1.75 lakh per annum(d) Institutions whose strength is 1001 and above — 2.00 lakhs per annum(e) Goa University — 15.00 lakhs per annum

Note: Institutions located in Mapusa, Margao, Vasco, Panaji and Ponda will get 30% more than their counterpartunder respective categories.

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ANNEXURE-II

1. Name of the Institution .............................................................................................................................................

2. Address of the Institution ......................................................................................................................................

3. Phone No. ................................................................ e-mail address ......................................................................

4. Name of the Principal ..............................................................................................................................................

5. Mobile No. of Principal ........................................... e-mail address .....................................................................

6. Name of the Dean/In-charge of students activities ......................................................................................

7. Mobile No. of Dean/In-charge of students activities .....................................................................................

8. Bank details:

(a) Bank Acct. No. ................................................................(b) Name of the Bank .........................................................(c) MICR Code ......................................................................(d) IFC Code ..........................................................................

9. List of proposed activities during the year ......................................................................................................

(please attach a detail proposal indicating type of activity, proposed items of expenditure, total

amount of money budgeted for the activity).

10. Unspent balance of previous year if any ............................................................................................................(Please attach xerox copy of challan by which unspent

balance is deposited in the Treasury).

(Xerox copy of the Utilization Certificate of the grants released in the previous financial year).

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ANNEXURE-III

List of items on which the organizers are authorized to incur expenditure

(a) Stage setting including pandal, stage decoration, sound system, costumes etc.(b) Prizes for the various activities.(c) Lunch/Refreshments to judges, volunteers and organizers.



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(d) Travelling expenses incurred in connection with the organization of the program including theexpenditure incurred on travelling of juries.

(e) Expenditure incurred on mementos/and honorariums to the judges.

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ANNEXURE-IV

List of items on which expenditure is not allowed to be incurred

(a) Purchase of stage/pandal material.

(b) Purchase of sound system.

(c) Purchase of Computers/Laptops.

(d) Purchase of Sports Material/Equipments.

(e) Travelling expenses/D. A. for participating teams in case of inter-collegiate events.

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ANNEXURE-V

FORM GFR 19-A

(See Government of India’s Decision (1) below Rule 150)

Form of Utilization Certificate

Sl. No. Letter No. and date Amount

Total

2. Certified that I have satisfied myself that the conditions on which the grant-in-aid was sanctionedhave been duly fulfilled/are being fulfilled and that I have exercised the following checks to see thatthe money was actually utilized for the purpose for which it was sanctioned.

Kinds of checks exercised1.2.3.4.5.

Signature ............................................Designation .......................................Date .....................................................

Certified that out of Rs. ...................................... ofgrants-in-aid sanctioned during the year .................in favour of ..................................................... under thisMinistry/Department Letter No. given in the marginand Rs. .................................... on account of unspentbalance of the previous year, a sum of Rs. ................has been utilized for the purpose of ............................for which it was sanctioned and that the balance ofRs. ......................... remaining unutilized at the end ofyear has been surrendered to Government (videNo. ........................ dated ......................................)/will beadjusted towards the grant-in-aid payable duringthe next year ...................................


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FORM GFR 19-B(See Government of India’s Decision (1) below Rule 150)

Form of Utilization Certificate

1. Certified that out of Rs. .................................................... SANCTIONED under ..........................................dated ................................................. in favour of ......................................................... during the year ....................an amount of Rs. ............................................... has been utilized for the purpose for which it wassanctioned, and that the balance of Rs. ................................ remaining unutilized at the end of year................. has been surrendered to Government (vide No. ............................... dated .................................)/willbe adjusted towards the loan payable during the next year.

2. Certified that I have satisfied myself that the conditions on which the loan was sanctioned havebeen duly fulfilled/are being fulfilled and that I have exercised the following checks to see that themoney was actually utilized for the purpose for which it was sanctioned.

Kinds of checks exercised

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Sgnature ............................................Designation ......................................

Date ....................................................

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Department of Elections

Office of the Chief Electoral Officer___

Order

5-64-2004/ELEC/4575

Read: (1) Letter No. G-27031/2/2009-B&A dated 22-07-2009 from the Deputy Secretary,Government of India, Ministry of Law and Justice, Legislative Department, NewDelhi.

(2) Letter No. 218/6/2014/EPS dated 25-3-2014 received from Secretary, ElectionCommission of India, New Delhi.

(3) O. M. No. 45/7/2008-P&PW(F) dated 12-7-2010 issued, by the Government of India,Ministry of Personnel Public Grievances and Pension, Department of Pension andPensioners Welfare, 3rd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhawan, Khan Market, New Delhi-110003extracts forwarded by the Under Secretary Finance (R&C), Finance (Revenue &Control) Department, Secretariat, Porvorim-Goa vide O. M. No. 8/10/2008-Fin(R&C)dated 12-7-2013.

(4) Order No. 5-64-2004/ELEC/834 dated 23-6-2008 issued by this Office.

(5) Order No. 5-64-2004/ELEC/3232 dated 24-11-2009 issued by this Office.



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Subject: General Elections/Bye-Election to the House of the People and Legislative

Assemblies – Payment of an ex-gratia lump-sum compensation to the families of

polling personnel who die or sustain injuries during the course of discharge of

election duty.

In partial modification of previous order on the subject and as per directives of the Ministry

of Law and Justice, Legislative Department, New Delhi, and the Election Commission of India,

the Government of Goa has approved the following revised policy for payment of ex-gratia

lump-sum compensation to the families of polling personnel who die or sustain injuries during

the course of their deployment in election duty.

Sr. No. Nature of Injury Quantum of compensation

(i) In the unfortunate event of death of the Official Rs. 10 lakhs as the minimum amountwhile on election duty to be paid to the next of kin of the

Official.

(ii) In the case of death unfortunately caused due The amount of compensation would beto any violent acts of extremists or unsocial Rs. 20 lakhs.elements like road mines, bomb blasts, amedattacks, etc.

(iii) In the case of permanent disability, like loss of A minimum ex-gratia payment of Rs. 5.00limb, eyesight, etc. lakhs, would be given to the official.

(iv) Which should be doubled in the case of such A minimum ex-gratia payment of Rs. 10mishaps being caused by extremist or unsocial lakhs, would be given to the official.elements as aforesaid.

In addition, the cases relating to allowing of an ex-gratia compensation in death cases

are regulated keeping in view the stipulations and conditions laid down by the Ministry

of Personnel, Public grievances & Pensions, Department of Pension and Pensioners’

Welfare Office, Lok Nayak Bhawan, New Delhi and the aggregate of the relief/ex-gratia

compensation paid from different sources should not exceed Rs. 20.00 lakhs in each individual

case.

This issues with the approval of Hon’ble Chief Minister/Minister (Elections) vide its U. O.

No. 2946/F dated 9-4-2014 and concurrence of Finance (Expenditure) Department vide their

U. O. No. 2147/F dated 28-4-2014.

By order and in the name of the Governor of Goa.

Narayan S. Navti, Actg. Chief Electoral Officer.

Panaji, 4th November, 2014.


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Department of Finance

Debt Management Division

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Press Communique

1-45-96/Fin(DMU)P.F-I

Goa State Development Loan, 2014

It is notified for general information that the

outstanding balance of 7.32% Goa State

Development Loan, 2014 issued in terms of the

Government of Goa, Finance Department,

Notification No. 1-45-2004, Fin (Bud) dated

December 6, 2014, will be repaid at par on

December 10, 2014 with interest due up to and

including December 09, 2014. In the event

of a holiday being declared on the aforesaid

date by any State Government under the

Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, the loan will

be repaid by the paying offices in that State

on the previous working day. No interest will

accrue on the loan from and after December 10,

2014.

2. As per sub-regulation 24 (2) and 24 (3) of

Government Securities Regulations, 2007

payment of maturity proceeds to the registered

holder of Government Security held in the form

of Subsidiary General Ledger or Constituent

Subsidiary General Ledger account or Stock

Certificate shall be made by a pay order

incorporating the relevant particulars of his

bank account or by credit to the account of the

holder in any bank having facility of receipt of

funds through electronic means. For the

purpose of making payment in respect of the

securities, the original subscriber or the

subsequent holders of such a Government

Securities, as the case may be, shall submit to

the Bank or Treasury and Sub-Treasury or

branch of State Bank of India, or its subsidiary

banks where they are enfaced/registered

for payment of interest, as the case may be,

the relevant particulars of their bank

account.

3. However, in the absence of relevant

particulars of bank account/mandate for receipt

of funds through electronic means, to facilitate

repayment on the due date, holders of 7.32%

Goa State Development Loan, 2014, should

tender their securities at the Public Debt Office,

20 days in advance. The securities should be

tendered for repayment, duly discharged on

the reverse thereof as under:—

“Received the Principal due on the

Certificate”.

4. It should be particularly noted that at

places where the treasury work is done by a

branch of the State Bank of India or any of its

associate banks, the securities, if they are

in the form of Stock Certificates, should

be tendered at the branch of the bank

concerned and not at the Treasury or

Sub-Treasury.

5. Holders who wish to receive payment

at places other than those where the

securities have been enfaced for payment

should send them duly discharged to the

Public Debt Office concerned by Registered

and Insured Post. The Public Debt Office will

make payment by issuing a draft payable at

any Treasury/Sub-Treasury or branch of State

Bank of India or its associate banks

conducting Government Treasury work in the

State of Goa.

P. Krishnamurthy, Secretary (Finance).

Porvorim, 10th November, 2014.



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Department of Law & Judiciary

Legal Affairs Division___

Notification

10/3/2014-LA/167

The Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihoodand Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014(Central Act No. 7 of 2014), which has beenpassed by Parliament and assented to by thePresident on 4-3-2014 and published in theGazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II,Section I, dated 5-3-2014, is hereby publishedfor the general information of the public.

Julio Barbosa Noronha, Under Secretary(Law).

Porvorim, 16th June, 2014._________

THE STREET VENDORS (PROTECTIONOF LIVELIHOOD AND REGULATIONOF STREET VENDING) ACT, 2014

________Arrangement of Sections

________

CHAPTER I

PreliminarySections1. Short title, extent, commencement and

provisions.

2. Definitions.

CHAPTER II

Regulation of Street Vending

3. Survey of street vendors and protection fromeviction or relocation.

4. Issue of certificate of vending.5. Conditions for issue of certificate of vending.6. Categories of certificate of vending and issue

of identity cards.7. Criteria for issuing certificate of vending.8. Vending fees.9. Validity and renewal of certificate of vending.

10. Cancellation or suspension of certificate ofvending.

11. Appeal from decision of Town VendingCommittee.

SectionsCHAPTER III

Rights and Obligations of Street Vendors

12. Rights of street vendor.13. Right of street vendor for a new site or area on

relocation.14. Duty of street vendors.15. Maintenance of cleanliness and public

hygiene.16. Maintenance of civic amenities in vending zone

in good condition.17. Payment of maintenance charges.

CHAPTER IV

Relocation and Eviction of Street Vendors

18. Relocation or eviction of street vendors.19. Seizure and reclaiming of goods.

CHAPTER V

Dispute Redressal Mechanism

20. Redressal of grievances or resolution ofdisputes of street vendors.

CHAPTER VI

Plan for Street Vending

21. Plan for street vending.

CHAPTER VII

Town Vending Committee

22. Town Vending Committee.23. Meetings of Town Vending Committee.24. Temporary association of persons with Town

Vending Committee for particular purposes.25. Office space and other employees for Town

Vending Committee.26. Publication of street vendor’s charter and

data-base and carrying out of social audit.

CHAPTER VIII

Prevention of Harassment of Street Vendors

27. Prevention of harassment by police and otherauthorities.

CHAPTER IX

Penal Provisions

28. Penalty for contraventions.


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SectionsCHAPTER X

Miscellaneous

29. Provisions of this Act, not to be construed asconferring ownership rights, etc.

30. Returns.31. Promotional measures.32. Research, training and awareness.33. Act to have overriding effect.34. Power to delegate.35. Power to amend Schedules.36. Power to make rules.37. Power to make bye-laws.38. Scheme for street vendors.

39. Power to remove difficulties.

THE FIRST SCHEDULE.

THE SECOND SCHEDULE.

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THE STREET VENDORS (PROTECTIONOF LIVELIHOOD AND REGULATION

OF STREET VENDING) ACT, 2014

AN

ACT

to protect the rights of urban street vendors andto regulate street vending activitiesand for matters connected therewith orincidental thereto.

Be it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-fifthYear of the Republic of India as follows:—

CHAPTER I

Preliminary

1. Short title, extent, commencement andprovisions.— (1) This Act may be called theStreet Vendors (Protection of Livelihood andRegulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014.

(2) It extends to the whole of India exceptthe State of Jammu and Kashmir.

(3) It shall come into force on such date asthe Central Government may, by notificationin the Official Gazette, appoint; and differentdates may be appointed for different States andany reference in any provision to thecommencement of this Act shall be construed

in relation to any State as a reference to thecoming into force of that provision in thatState.

(4) The provisions of this Act shallnot apply to any land, premises andtrains owned and controlled by theRailways under the Railway Act,1989.

2. Definitions.— (1) In this Act, unless thecontext otherwise requires,—

(a) “appropriate Government” means inrespect of matters relating to,—

(i) a Union territory withoutLegislature, the Central Government;

(ii) the Union territories withLegislature, the Government of theNational Capital Territory of Delhi or, asthe case may be, the Government of Unionterritory of Puducherry;

(iii) a State, the State Government;

(b) “holding capacity” means themaximum number of street vendors who canbe accommodated in any vending zone andhas been determined as such by the localauthority on the recommendations of theTown Vending Committee;

(c) “local authority” means aMunicipal Corporation or aMunicipal Council or a NagarPanchayat, by whatever namecalled, or the Cantonment Board,or as the case may be, a civil areacommittee appointed undersection 47 of the Cantonment Act,2006 or such other body entitledto function as a local authority inany city or town to provide civicservices and regulate streetvending and includes the“planning authority” whichregulates the land use in that cityor town;

24 of 1989.

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(d) “mobile vendors” means streetvendors who carry out vending activities indesignated area by moving from one placeto another place vending their goods andservices;

(e) “natural market” means a marketwhere sellers and buyers have traditionallycongregated for the sale and purchase ofproducts or services and has beendetermined as such by the local authorityon the recommendations of the TownVending Committee;

(f) “notification” means a notificationpublished in the Official Gazette and theterm “notify” shall be construed accordingly;

(g) “planning authority” means an UrbanDevelopment Authority or any otherauthority in any city or town designated bythe appropriate Government as responsiblefor regulating the land use by defining theprecise extent of areas for any particularactivity in the master plan or developmentplan or zonal plan or layout plan or any otherspatial plan which is legally enforceableunder the applicable Town and CountryPlanning Act or the Urban Development Actor the Municipal Act, as the case may be;

(h) “prescribed” means prescribed byrules made under this Act by the appropriateGovernment;

(i) “Schedule” means the Scheduleannexed to this Act;

(j) “scheme” means a scheme framed bythe appropriate Government under section38;

(k) “stationary vendors” means streetvendors who carry out vending activities onregular basis at a specific location;

(l) “street vendor” means a personengaged in vending of articles, goods,wares, food items or merchandise ofeveryday use or offering services to the

general public, in a street, lane, side walk,footpath, pavement, public park or any otherpublic place or private area, from atemporary built up structure or by movingfrom place to place and includes hawker,peddler, squatter and all other synonymousterms which may be local or region specific;and the words “street vending” with theirgrammatical variations and cognateexpressions, shall be construed accordingly;

(m) “Town Vending Committee” meansthe body constituted by the appropriateGovernment under section 22;

(n) “vending zone” means an area or aplace or a location designated as such bythe local authority, on the recommendationsof the Town Vending Committee, for thespecific use by street vendors for streetvending and includes footpath, side walk,pavement, embankment, portions of astreet, waiting area for public or any suchplace considered suitable for vendingactivities and providing services to thegeneral public.

(2) Any reference in this Act to anyenactment or any provision thereof, shall, inrelation to an area in which such enactment orsuch provision is not in force be construed asa reference to the corresponding law, ifany, in force in that area.

CHAPTER II

Regulation of Street Vending

3. Survey of street vendors and protection fromeviction or relocation.— (1) The Town VendingCommittee shall, within such period and in suchmanner as may be specified in the scheme,conduct a survey of all existing street vendors,within the area under its jursidiction, andsubsequent survey shall be carried out at leastonce in every five years.

(2) The Town Vending Committee shallensure that all existing street vendors,identified in the survey, are accommondatedin the vending zones subject to a norm


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conforming to two and half per cent. of thepopulation of the ward or zone or town or city,as the case may be, in accordance with theplan for street vending and the holdingcapacity of the vending zones.

(3) No street vendor shall be evicted or, asthe case may be, relocated till the surveyspecified under sub-section (1) has beencompleted and the certificate of vending isissued to all street vendors.

4. Issue of certificate of vending.— (1) Everystreet vendor, identified under the surveycarried out under sub-section (1) of section 3,who has completed the age of fourteen yearsor such age as may be prescribed by theappropriate Government, shall be issued acertificate of vending by the Town VendingCommittee, subject to such terms andconditions and within the period specified inthe scheme including the restrictions specifiedin the plan for street vending:

Provided that a person, whether or notincluded under the survey under sub-section(1) of section 3, who has been issueda certificate of vending before thecommencement of this Act, whether known aslicence or any other form of permission(whether as a stationary vendor or a mobilevendor or under any other category) shall bedeemed to be a street vendor for that categoryfor the period for which he has been issuedsuch certificate of vending.

(2) Where, in the intervening periodbetween two surveys, any person seeks tovend, the Town Vending Committee maygrant a certificate of vending to such person,subject to the scheme, the plan for streetvending and the holding capacity of thevending zones.

(3) Where the number of street vendorsidentified under sub-section (1) or the numberof persons seeking to vend under sub-section(2) are more than the holding capacity of thevending zone and exceeds the number ofpersons to be accommodated in that vending

zone, the Town Vending Committee shall carryout a draw of lots for issuing the certificate ofvending for that vending zone and theremaining persons shall be accommodated inany adjoining vending zone to avoidrelocation.

5. Conditions for issue of certificate ofvending.— (1) Every street vendor shall givean undertaking to the Town VendingCommittee prior to the issue of a certificate ofvending under section 4, that—

(a) he shall carry on the business of streetvending himself or through any of his familymember;

(b) he has no other means of livelihood:

(c) he shall not transfer in any mannerwhatsoever, including rent, the certificateof vending or the place specified therein toany other person.

(2) Where a street vendor to whom acertificate of vending is issued dies or suffersfrom any permanent disability or is ill, one ofhis family member in following order of priority,may vend in his place, till the validity of thecertificate of vending—

(a) spouse of the street vendor;

(b) dependent child of the street vendor:

Provided that where a dispute arises as towho is entitled to vend in the place of thevendor, the matter shall be decided by thecommittee under section 20.

6. Categories of certificate of vending andissue of identity cards.— (1) The certificate ofvending shall be issued under any of thefollowing categories, namely:—

(a) a stationary vendor;

(b) a mobile vendor; or

(c) any other category as may be specifiedin the scheme.



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(2) The certificate of vending issued for thecategories specified in sub-section (1) shall bein such form, and issued in such manner, asmay be specified in the scheme and specifythe vending zone where the street vendor shallcarry on his vending activities, the days andtimings for carrying on such vending activitiesand the conditions and restrictions subject towhich he shall carry on such vending activities.

(3) Every street vendor who has been issuedcertificate of vending under sub-section (1)shall be issued identity cards in such form andmanner as may be specified in the scheme.

7. Criteria for issuing certificate of vending.—The criteria to be followed by the Town VendingCommittee for issuing certificate of vending toa street vendor shall be as specified in thescheme, which may, apart from other things,provide for preference to the Scheduled Castes,the Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes,women, persons with disabilities, minoritiesor such other categories as may be specifiedin the scheme.

8. Vending fees.— Every street vendor whohas been issued certificate of vending shall paysuch vending fees as may be specified in thescheme.

9. Validity and renewal of certificate ofvending.— (1) Every certificate of vending shallbe valid for such period as may be specified inthe scheme.

(2) Every certificate of vending shall berenewable for such period, in such manner, andon payment of such fees, as may be specifiedin the scheme.

10. Cancellation or suspension of certificateof vending.— Where a street vendor who hasbeen issued a certificate of vending under thisAct commits breach of any of the conditionsthereof or any other terms and conditionsspecified for the purpose of regulating streetvending under this Act or any rules or schemesmade thereunder, or where the Town VendingCommittee is satisfied that such certificate of

vending has been secured by the street vendorthrough misrepresentation or fraud, the TownVending Committee may, without prejudice toany other fine which may have been incurredby the street vendor under this Act, cancel thecertificate of vending or suspend the same insuch manner as may be specified in the schemeand for such period as it deems fit:

Provided that no such cancellation orsuspension shall be made by the Town VendingCommittee unless an opportunity of hearinghas been given to the street vendor.

11. Appeal from decision of Town VendingCommittee.— (1) Any person who is aggrievedby any decision of the Town VendingCommittee with respect to issue of certificateof vending under section 6 or cancellation orsuspension of certificate of vending undersection 10 may prefer an appeal to the localauthority in such form, within such period, andin such manner, as may be prescribed.

(2) No appeal shall be disposed of by thelocal authority unless the appellant has beengiven an opportunity of hearing.

CHAPTER III

Rights and Obligations of Street Vendors

12. Rights of street vendor.— (1) Every streetvendor shall have the right to carry on thebusiness of street vending activities inaccordance with the terms and conditionsmentioned in the certificate of vending.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained insub-section (1), where any area or space, asthe case may be, has been earmarked asno-vending zone, no street vendor shall carryout any vending activities in that zone.

13. Right of street vendor for a new site orarea on relocation.— Every street vendor, whopossesses a certificate of vending, shall, in caseof his relocation under section 18, be entitledfor new site or area, as the case may be, forcarrying out his vending activities as maybe determined by the local authority, in


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consultation with the Town VendingCommittee.

14. Duty of street vendors.— Where a streetvendor occupies space on a time sharing basis,he shall remove his goods and wares everyday at the end of the time-sharing periodallowed to him.

15. Maintenance of cleanliness and publichygiene.— Every street vendor shall maintaincleanliness and public hygiene in the vendingzones and the adjoining areas.

16. Maintenance of civic amenities in vendingzone in good condition.— Every street vendorshall maintain civic amenities and publicproperty in the vending zone in good conditionand not damage or destroy or cause anydamage or destruction to the same.

17. Payment of maintenance charges.—Everystreet vendor shall pay such periodicmaintenance charges for the civic amenitiesand facilities provided in the vending zonesas may be determined by the local authority.

CHAPTER IV

Relocation and Eviction of Street Vendors

18. Relocation or eviction of street vendors.—(1) The local authority may, on therecommendations of the Town VendingCommittee, declare a zone or part of it to be ano-vending zone for any public purpose andrelocate the street vendors vending in thatarea, in such manner as may be specified inthe scheme.

(2) The local authority shall evict such streetvendor whose certificate of vending has beencancelled under section 10 or who does nothave a certificate of vending and vends withoutsuch certificate, in such manner as may bespecified in the scheme.

(3) No street vendor shall be relocated orevicted by the local authority from the placespecified in the certificate of vending unlesshe has been given thirty days’ notice for the

same in such manner as may be specified inthe scheme.

(4) A street vendor shall be relocated orevicted by the local authority physically in suchmanner as may be specified in the scheme onlyafter he had failed to vacate the place specifiedin the certificate of vending, after the expiryof the period specified in the notice.

(5) Every street vendor who fails to relocateor vacate the place specified in the certificateof vending, after the expiry of the periodspecified in the notice, shall be liable to payfor every day of such default, a penalty whichmay extend up to two hundred and fifty rupees,as may be determined by the local authority,but shall not be more than the value of goodsseized.

19. Seizure and reclaiming of goods.— (1) Ifthe street vendor fails to vacate the placespecified in the certificate of vending, afterthe lapse of the period specified in the noticegiven under sub-section (3) of section 18, thelocal authority, in addition to evicting the streetvendor under section 18, may, if it deemsnecessary, seize the goods of such streetvendor in such manner as may be specified inthe scheme:

Provided that where any such seizure iscarried out, a list of goods seized shall beprepared, as specified in the scheme, and acopy thereof, duly signed by the personauthorised to seize the goods, shall be issuedto the street vendor.

(2) The street vendor whose goods havebeen seized under sub-section (1) may, reclaimhis goods in such manner, and after payingsuch fees, as may be specified in the scheme:

Provided that in case of non-perishablegoods, the local authority shall release thegoods within two working days of the claimbeing made by the street vendor, and in caseof perishable goods the local authority shallrelease the goods on the same day of the claimbeing made by the street vendor.



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CHAPTER V

Dispute Redressal Mechanism

20. Redressal of grievances or resolution ofdisputes of street vendors.—(1) The appropriateGovernment may constitute one or morecommittees consisting of a Chairperson whohas been a civil judge or a judicial magistrateand two other professionals having suchexperience as may be prescribed for thepurpose of deciding the applications receivedunder sub-section (2):

Provided that no employee of theappropriate Government or the local authorityshall be appointed as members of thecommittee.

(2) Every street vendor who has a grievanceor dispute may make an application in writingto the committee constituted under sub--section (1) in such form and manner as maybe prescribed.

(3) On receipt of grievance or dispute undersub-section (2), the committee referred to insub-section (1) shall, after verification andenquiry in such manner, as may be prescribed,take steps for redressal of such grievance orresolution of such dispute, within such time andin such manner as may be prescribed.

(4) Any person who is aggrieved by thedecision of the committee may prefer an appealto the local authority in such form, within suchtime and in such manner as may be prescribed.

(5) The local authority shall dispose of theappeal received under sub-section (4) withinsuch time and in such manner as may beprescribed:

Provided that the local authority shall, beforedisposing of the appeal, give an opportunityof being heard to the aggrieved person.

CHAPTER VI


21. Plan for street vending.— (1) Every localauthority shall, in consultation with the

planning authority and on the recommen-dations of the Town Vending Committee, oncein every five years, prepare a plan to promotethe vocation of street vendors covering thematters contained in the First Schedule.

(2) The plan for street vending prepared bythe local authority shall be submitted to theappropriate Government for approval and thatGovernment shall, before notifying the plan,determine the norms applicable to the streetvendors.

CHAPTER VII

Town Vending Committee

22. Town Vending Committee.— (1) Theappropriate Government may, by rules madein this behalf, provide for the term and themanner of constituting a Town VendingCommittee in each local authority:

Provided that the appropriate Governmentmay, if considers necessary, provide forconstitution of more than one Town VendingCommittee, or a Town Vending Committee foreach zone or ward, in each local authority.

(2) Each Town Vending Committee shallconsist of:—

(a) Municipal Commissioner or ChiefExecutive Officer, as the case may be, whoshall be the Chairperson; and

(b) such number of other members as maybe prescribed, to be norminated by theappropriate Government, representing thelocal authority, medical officer of the localauthority, the planning authority, trafficpolice, police, association of street vendors,market associations, traders associations,non-governmental organisations, commu-nity based organisations, resident welfareassociations, banks and such other interestsas it deems proper;

(c) the number of members nominatedto represent the non-governmentalorganisations and the community basedorganisations shall not be less than ten percent.;


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(d) the number of members representingthe street vendors shall not be less thanforty per cent. who shall be elected bythe street vendors themselves in suchmanner as may be prescribed:

Provided that one-third of membersrepresenting the street vendors shall be fromamongst women vendors:

Provided further that due representationshall be given to the Scheduled Castes, theScheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes,minorities and persons with disabilities fromamongst the members representing streetvendors.

(3) The Chairperson and the membersnominated under sub-section (2) shall receivesuch allowances as may be prescribed by theappropriate Government.

23. Meeting of Town Vending Committee.—(1) The Town Vending Committee shall meetat such times and places within the jurisdictionof the local authority and shall observe suchrules of procedure in regard to the transactionof business at its meetings, and discharge suchfunctions, as may be prescribed.

(2) Every decision of the Town VendingCommittee shall be notified along with thereasons for taking such decision.

24. Temporary association of persons withTown Vending Committee for particularpurposes.— (1) The Town Vending Committeemay associate with itself in such manner andfor such purposes, as may be prescribed, anyperson whose assistance or advice it maydesire, in carrying out any of the provisions ofthis Act.

(2) A person associated under sub-section(1) shall be paid such allowances as may beprescribed.

25. Office space and other employees for TownVending Committee.— The local authority shallprovide the Town Vending Committee with

appropriate office space and such employeesas may be prescribed.

26. Publication of street vendor’s charter anddata-base and carrying out of social audit.— (1)Every Town Vending Committee shall publishthe street vendor’s charter specifying thereinthe time within which the certificate of vendingshall be issued to a street vendor and the timewithin which such certificate of vending shallbe renewed and other activities to beperformed within the time limit specifiedtherein.

(2) Every Town Vending Committee shallmaintain up to date records of registered streetvendors and street vendors to whom certificateof vending has been issued containing nameof such street vendor, stall allotted to him,nature of business carried out by him, categoryof street vending and such other particularswhich may be relevant to the street vendors,in such manner as may be prescribed.

(3) Every Town Vending Committee shallcarry out social audit of its activities under theAct or the rules or the schemes madethereunder in such form and manner as maybe specified in the scheme.

CHAPTER VIII

Prevention of Harassment of Street Vendors

27. Prevention of harassment by police andother authorities.— Notwithstanding anythingcontained in any other law for the time beingin force, no street vendor who carries on thestreet vending activities in accordance withthe terms and conditions of his certificate ofvending shall be prevented from exercisingsuch rights by any person or police or any otherauthority exercising powers under any otherlaw for the time being in force.

CHAPTER IX

Penal Provisions

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(a) indulges in vending activities withouta certificate of vending;

(b) contravenes the terms of certificate ofvending; or

(c) contravenes any other terms andconditions specified for the purpose ofregulating street vending under this Act orany rules or schemes made thereunder,

he shall be liable to a penalty for each suchoffence which may extend up to rupees twothousand as may be determined by the localauthority.

CHAPTER X

Miscellaneous

29. Provisions of this Act, not to be construedas conferring ownership rights, etc.— (1)Nothing contained in this Act shall beconstrued as conferring upon a street vendorany temporary, permanent or perpetual rightof carrying out vending activities in thevending zones allotted to him or in respect ofany place on which he carries on such vendingactivity.

(2) Nothing contained in sub-section (1) shallapply to any stationery vendor, if a temporaryleasehold or ownership right has beenconferred on him by a lease deed or otherwise,in respect of a place at specific location wherehe carries on such vending activity inaccordance with the provisions of any law forthe time being in force for carrying out suchvending activity.

30. Returns.— Every Town VendingCommittee shall furnish, from time to time, tothe appropriate Government and the localauthority such returns as may be prescribed.

31. Promotional measures.— The appropriateGovernment may, in consultation with theTown Vending Committee, local authority,planning authority and street vendorsassociations or unions, undertake promotionalmeasures of making available credit, insurance

and other welfare schemes of social securityfor the street vendors.

32. Research, training and awareness.— Theappropriate Government may, to the extent ofavailability of financial and other resources,—

(a) organise capacity buildingprogrammes to enable the street vendorsto exercise the rights contemplated underthis Act;

(b) undertake research, education andtraining programmes to advance knowledgeand understanding of the role of the informalsector in the economy, in general and thestreet vendors, in particular and to raiseawareness among the public through TownVending Committee.

33. Act to have overriding effect.— Theprovisions of this Act shall have effectnotwithstanding anything inconsistent thereincontained in any other law for the time beingin force or in any instrument having effect byvirtue of any law other than this Act.

34. Power to delegate.— The appropriateGovernment may, by general or special orderin writing, delegate such of its powers andfunctions under this Act (excluding the powerto frame scheme under section 38 and powerto make rules under section 36), as it may deemnecessary, to the local authority or the TownVending Committee or any other officer, subjectto such conditions, if any, as may be specifiedin that order.

35. Power to amend Schedules.— (1) On therecommendations made by the appropriateGovernment or otherwise, if the CentralGovernment is satisfied that it is necessary orexpedient so to do, it may, by notification,amend the Schedules and thereupon the FirstSchedule or the Second Schedule, as the casemay be, shall be deemed to have beenamended accordingly.

(2) A copy of every notification issued undersub-section (1), shall be laid before each Houseof Parliament as soon as may be after it isissued.


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36. Power to make rules.— (1) Theappropriate Government shall, within one yearfrom the date of commencement of this Act, bynotification, make rules for carrying out theprovisions of this Act.

(2) In particular and without prejudice to thegenerality of the foregoing power, such rulesmay provide for all or any of the followingmatters, namely:—

(a) the age for street vending undersub-section (1) of section 4;

(b) the form, period and manner of filingappeal with the local authority undersub-section (1) of section 11;

(c) the persons and the experience suchperson shall have under sub-section (1) ofsection 20;

(d) the form and the manner of makingapplication under sub-section (2) of section20;

(e) the manner of verification and enquiryon receipt of grievance or dispute, the timewithin which and the manner in which stepsfor redressal of grievances and resolution ofdisputes may be taken under sub-section (3)of section 20;

(f) the form, the time within which and themanner in which an appeal may be filedunder sub-section (4) of section 20;

(g) the time within which and the mannerin which an appeal shall be disposed of undersub-section (5) of section 20;

(h) the term of, and the manner ofconstituting, the Town Vending Committeeunder sub-section (1) of section 22;

(i) the number of other members of theTown Vending Committee under clause (b)of sub-section (2) of section 22;

(j) the manner of elections among streetvendors under clause (d) of sub-section (2)of section 22;

(k) the allowances to Chairperson andmembers under sub-section (3) of section 22;

(l) the time and place for meeting,procedure for transaction of business atmeetings and functions to be dischargedby the Town Vending Committee undersection 23;

(m) the manner and the purpose for whicha person may be associated under sub-section (1) of section 24;

(n) the allowances to be paid to anassociated person under sub-section (2) ofsection 24;

(o) the other employees of Town VendingCommittee under section 25;

(p) the manner of maintaining up to daterecord of all street vendors under sub--section (2) of section 26;

(q) the returns to be furnished undersection 30;

(r) the manner of publishing summary ofscheme under sub-section (2) of section 38.

(3) Every rule and scheme made by theCentral Government under this Act shall belaid, as soon as may be after it is made, beforeeach House of Parliament, while it is in session,for a total period of thirty days which may becomprised in one session or in two or moresuccessive sessions, and if, before the expiryof the session immediately following thesession or the successive sessions aforesaid,both Houses agree in making any modificationin the rule or scheme or both Houses agree thatthe rule or scheme should not be made, therule or scheme shall thereafter have effect onlyin such modified form or be of no eftect, as thecase may be; so, however, that any suchmodification or annulment shall be withoutprejudice to the validity of anything previouslydone under that rule or scheme.

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may be after it is made, be laid before eachHouse of the State Legislature where there aretwo Houses, and where there is one House ofthe State Legislature, before that House.

37. Power to make bye-laws.— Subject to theprovisions of this Act or any rule or schememade thereunder, the local authority may makebye-laws to provide for all or any of thefollowing matters, namely:—

(a) the regulation and manner of vendingin restriction-free-vending zones, restricted--vending zones and designated vendingzones;

(b) determination of monthly maintenancecharges for the civic amenities and facilitiesin the vending zones under section 17;

(c) determination of penalty undersub-section (5) of section 18 and section 28;

(d) the regulation of the collection of taxesand fees in the vending zones;

(e) the regulation of traffic in the vendingzones;

(f) the regulation of the quality of productsand services provided to the public invending zones and maintenance of publichealth, hygiene and safety standards;

(g) the regulation of civic services in thevending zones; and

(h) the regulation of such other matters inthe vending zones as may be necessary.

38. Scheme for street vendors.— (1) For thepurposes of this Act, the appropriateGovernment shall frame a scheme, within sixmonths from the date of commencement of thisAct, after due consultations with the localauthority and the Town Vending Committee,by notification, which may specify all or any ofthe matters provided in the Second Schedule.

(2) A summary of the scheme notified by theappropriate Government under sub-

-section (1) shall be published by the localauthority in at least two local news papers insuch manner as may be prescribed.

39. Power to remove difficulties.— (1) If anydifficulty arises in giving effect to theprovisions of this Act, the Central Governmentmay, by order published in the Official Gazette,make such provisions, not inconsistent withthe provisions of this Act, as appear to it to benecessary or expedient for removing thedifficulty:

Provided that no order shall be made underthis section after expiry of three years from thecommencement of this Act.

(2) Every order made under this sectionshall, as soon as may be after it is made, belaid before each House of Parliament.

THE FIRST SCHEDULE

(See section 21)


(1) The plan for street vending shall,—

(a) ensure that all existing street vendorsidentified in the survey, subject to a normconforming to two and half per cent. of thepopulation of the ward, zone, town or city, as thecase may be, are accommodated in the plan forstreet vending;

(b) ensure the right of commuters to movefreely and use the roads without anyimpediment;

(c) ensure that the provision of space or areafor street vending is reasonable and consistentwith existing natural markets;

(d) take into account the civic facilities forappropriate use of identified spaces or areas asvending zones;

(e) promote convenient, efficient and costeffective distribution of goods and provision ofservices;

(f) such other matters as may be specified inthe scheme to give effect to the plan for streetvending.


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(2) The plan for street vending shall contain allof the following matters, namely:—

(a) determination of spatial planning normsfor street vending;

(b) earmarking of space or area for vendingzones;

(c) determination of vending zones asrestriction-free-vending zones, restricted--vending zones and no-vending zones;

(d) making of spatial plans conducive andadequate for the prevalent number of streetvendors in that city or town and also for thefuture growth, by adopting such norms as maybe necessary;

(e) consequential changes needed in theexisting master plan, development plan, zonalplan, layout plan and any other plan foraccommodating street vendors in the designatedvending zones.

(3) Declaration of no-vending zone shall becarried out by the plan for street vending, subjectto the following principles, namely:—

(a) any existing market, or a natural marketas identified under the survey shall not bedeclared as a no-vending zone;

(b) declaration of no-vending zone shall bedone in a manner which displaces the minimumpercentage of street vendors;

(c) overcrowding of any place shall not be abasis for declaring any area as a no-vending zoneprovided that restrictions may be placed onissuing certificate of vending in such areas topersons not identified as street vendors in thesurvey;

(d) sanitary concerns shall not be the basisfor declaring any area as a no-vending zoneunless such concerns can be solely attributedto street vendors and cannot be resolvedthrough appropriate civic action by the localauthority;

(e) till such time as the survey has not beencarried out and the plan for street vending hasnot been formulated, no zone shall be declaredas a no-vending zone.

THE SECOND SCHEDULE

(See section 38)

Matters to be provided in the Scheme for StreetVendors framed by the appropriate Government:—

(a) the manner of conducting survey;

(b) the period within which certificate ofvending shall be issued to the street vendorsidentified under the survey;

(c) the terms and conditions subject to whichcertificate of vending may be issued to a streetvendor including to those persons who wish tocarry on street vending during the interveningperiod of two surveys;

(d) the form and the manner in which thecertificate of vending may be issued to a streetvendor;

(e) the form and manner of issuing identitycards to street vendors;

(f) the criteria for issuing certificate ofvending to street vendors;

(g) the vending fees to be paid on the basis ofcategory of street vending, which may bedifferent for different cities;

(h) the manner of collecting, through banks,counters of local authority and counters of TownVending Committee, vending fees, maintenancecharges and penalties for registration, use ofparking space for mobile stalls and availing ofcivic services;

(i) the period of validity of certificate ofvending;

(j) the period for which and the manner inwhich a certificate of vending may be renewedand the fees for such renewal;

(k) the manner in which the certificate ofvending may be suspended or cancelled;

(l) the categories of street vendors other thanstationery vendors and mobile vendors;

(m) the other categories of persons forpreference for issue of certificate of vending;



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(n) the public purpose for which a streetvendor may be relocated and the manner ofrelocating street vendor;

(o) the manner of evicting a street vendor;

(p) the manner of giving notice for evictionof a street vendor;

(q) the manner of evicting a street vendorphysically on failure to evict;

(r) the manner of seizure of goods by the localauthority, including preparation and issue of listof goods seized;

(s) the manner of reclaiming seized goods bythe street vendor and the fees for the same;

(t) the form and the manner for carrying outsocial audit of the activities of Town VendingCommittee;

(u) the conditions under which private placesmay be designated as restriction-free-vendingzones, restricted-vending zones and no-vendingzones;

(v) the terms and conditions for street vendingincluding norms to be observed for up keepingpublic health and hygiene;

(w) the designation of State Nodal Officer forco-ordination of all matters relating to streetvending at the state level;

(x) the manner of maintenance of properrecords and other documents by the TownVending Committee, local authority, planningauthority and State Nodal Officer in respect ofstreet vendors;

(y) the manner of carrying out vendingactivities on time-sharing basis;

(z) the principles for determination of vendingzones as restriction-free-vending zones,restricted-vending zones and no-vending zones;

(za) the principles for determining holdingcapacity of vending zones and the manner ofundertaking comprehensive census and survey;

(zb) principles of relocation subject to thefollowing:–

(i) relocation should be avoided as far aspossible, unless there is clear and urgent needfor the land in question;

(ii) affected vendors or their representativesshall be involved in planning andimplementation of the rehabilitation project;

(iii) affected vendors shall be relocated soas to improve their livelihoods and standardsof living or at least to restore them, in realterms to pre-evicted levels;

(iv) livelihood opportunities created bynew infrastructure development projectsshall accommodate the displaced vendors sothat they can make use of the livelihoodopportunities created by the newinfrastructure;

(v) loss of assets shall be avoided and incase of any loss, it shall be compensated;

(vi) any transfer of title or other interest inland shall not affect the rights of streetvendors on such land, and any relocationconsequent upon such a transfer shall be donein accordance with the provisions of this Act;

(vii) state mechinery shall takecomprehensive measures to check and controlthe practice of forced evictions;

(viii) natural markets where street vendorshave conducted business for over fifty yearsshall be declared as heritage markets, and thestreet vendors in such markets shall not berelocated;

(zc) any other matter which may be includedin the scheme for carrying out the purposes ofthis Act.

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